Silent Partner

Silent Partner
Episode #	519
Air Date	February 28, 1982
Briefing	Bumbling Car Thieves, Senior Citizens, Medical Health Problems, Dealing With Deaf People.

Title screen

Brief Plot

On a beautiful quiet Sunday afternoon when a couple of ex-convicts Hogan and Dewayne decide to steal a brand new 1981 Cadillac Seville in sable black that belongs to senior citizen Earl Sorenson who decides to take law into his own hands, eventually causing a set of serious car crashes, and motorcycle accident where Grossie accidentally breaks his jaw. Earl now has a slight concussion, he refuses to cooperate with a sobriety test in which is often given to drunk drivers, and he attempts to commit aggravated assault by trying to ram Jon into the crotch with the car door of his 1974 Ford Gran Torino in two tone green. Jon finally loses his patients by trying to arrest Earl for aggravated assault, and Bonnie manages to intervene between the both of them by stepping into the situation in order to explain to him about people with disabilities. Earl now wants to make a complaint against Jon for police brutality, false arrest, and not listening to him about his recently stolen Cadillac. Ponch decides to date Earl's home health care worker Kim Travis, he eventually get involved with managing people with medical problems, he manages to solve the case for the auto theft division, and he gets new equipment brought into the CHP in order to help people with a disabilities.

Plot

Hogan and Dewayne are pulling over in the front of driving on Motor Avenue.

Dewayne abandoning a Datsun 280ZX on top of parking garage at Pacific Federal Building.

On a beautiful quiet Sunday afternoon when a couple of ex-convicts Hogan and Dewayne are driving around in a recently abandon 1959 Edsel Ranger have finally decided to exit the San Diego Freeway, there now cruising around in the suburb of Washington Culver where the neighborhood kids are actually playing at Carlson Park, they finally managed to spot a brand new 1981 Cadillac Seville in sable black in which is actually parked in front of garage on a driveway that belongs to an ederly couple Earl and Margaret Sorenson who have just recently gotten back from church, and happen to be preparing for a backyard barbecue party with their friends. Dewayne finally gets out of the Edsel, he starts casually walking over towards the Cadillac.

Bonnie right next to Getraer while substituting as Earl's translator.

Guest Stars

• Bill Boyett as Mr. Hogan
• Royce D. Applegate as DeWayne
• Dawn Jeffory as Kim Travis
• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Lou Wagner as Harlan

Introducing

• Saul Brandt as Earl Sorenson

Co-Starring

• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Arthur Malet as Junkman
• John Hostetter as Manager
• Frances Ripplinger as Margaret (Sorenson)
• Johnny Crear as Rolls Owner
• Stuart Mabray as Driver
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
• Produced By: Paul Rabwin
• Story Supervisor: William D. Gordon
• Written By: Bruce Shelly
• Directed by: Gordon Hessler
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
• Story Editors: L. Ford Neale & John Huff
• Executive Producer: Randall Torno
• Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
• Music by: Alan Silvestri
• Theme by: John Parker
• Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
• Director of Photography: Jack Swan A.S.C.
• Art Director: Stephen Myles Berger
• Editor: Joe Morrisey
• Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
• First Assistant Director: Steven P. Saeta
• Second Assistant Director: Leslie L. Jackson
• Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
• Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
• Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
• Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
• Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
• Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
• Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A., Walter T. Schenck
• Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
• Assistant Editor: Diana Marie Hering
• Sound Editor: Edward M. Osborne
• Music Editor: Jan Gershkoff
• Casting: Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• We Gratefully Acknowledge The Assistance of Barbara Reade And The National Center On Deafness
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

The Pacific Federal building, demolished around 1997

• Royce D. Applegate (DeWayne) previously appeared as Roger in Ponch's Angels in season 4.
• DeWayne steals the Nissan from opposite the Chinese Theatre. He dumps it nearby in the car park of (what is now) the Liberty Hotel. The car park, the Pacific Federal building, and a couple of the roads seen in this episode have now been subsumed by the Hollywood and Highland shopping center.
• The garage that repaired the Edsel was across the road from Rafi Automotive in Culver City. Rafi Automotive is now listed a block away and a business called Jack's Automotive is in its place. View in Google Maps
• The final chase ends up at the San Fernando Valley Generating Station. It also appeared at the end of the Dukes of Hazzard episode 'Close Call for Daisy'. View in Google Maps
• The Sorenson's house is actually located at 10406 Park Avenue, Washington, Culver City, California. The house, garage, including the original octagon garage door windows still exists today, and the white exterior with dark grey trim has been repainted in light blue with dark blue trim around 2015. View in Google Maps

Mistakes

• When Grossman sees the chase go by, he has to walk to his bike and get his helmet on, yet he joins the chase only about 100 yards back.

Preceded by: "In the Best of Families"

Silent Partner 519

Followed by: "Flare Up"